Soulcalibur V’s New Team Aims To Have At Least 26 Characters

This week’s issue of Famitsu has a small feature on Soulcalibur V with vague comments from producer Hisaharu Tago.

Since Soulcalibur V is a 2012 title, the team is not ready to reveal the roster. Tago said to the magazine there will be a mix of new characters and returning Soulcalibur characters who may have new weapons or armor. Patroklos, Sophitia’s son, is one of the rookie fighters. Tago confirmed yet again Soulcalibur V would have guest characters, but did not give any hints as to who. The development team wants to have at least 26 characters.

While the leads are the same, the Soulcalibur V team has been refreshed with new staff. Thus, there may be some differences between Soulcalibur V and other games in the series. Tago said there would be gameplay system changes too, but didn’t specify what those are.

Soulcalibur V, according to Famitsu, is 10% complete. Namco Bandai plans to release the game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 next year.

let’s just hope it’s not exclusive to each console. i hated that during tournaments.

SlashZaku

I loathe Guest characters. I wonder if they’ll bring back the Bonus characters from IV and give them new weapons/and or styles to make them stand on their own. That would be nice. Andriasang also posted an article saying that some old characters would get new weapons so I wonder who that affects. Ivy’s sword sacrificed itself in her ending so she would need a new weapon cause her current/old one isn’t animated anymore, right? Maybe just give her a whip off the bat?

raymk

Why do people hate guess characters? I mean i didn’t like the star wars characters but the others where ok especially link and heihachi. As long as they fit the game like having a FF character,Tales of character or a Samurai showdown character things will be ok. I think you people hate guess characters for the sake of them just being guest.

SlashZaku

Because I’d rather see characters created for the series itself and then have them built on over installments. These other characters have their own games/franchises. Fans have been asking for Li Long and Hwang to return for the longest but we get Dark Vader and the green Smurf instead. Agree to disagree on the matter.

z_merquise

Not unless if the guest characters are from Samurai Shodown.

I even made SamSho characters in SC4 (Sieger, Iroha, Charlotte) and in Broken Destiny (Hattori Hanzo) not only because I like these characters and their design but also SamSho really fit in Soul Calibur.

Yes, thats a great idea! And those characters from Samurai Shodown won’t feel out of place either. Just imagine Haohmaru vs Mitsurugi! :)

PrinceHeir

hell yeah :D

Samurai Shodown characters for Soul Calibur would be nice :P

you know what? they should make a Soul Calibur game in 2D with Samurai Shodown characters. or just plain Samurai Shodown vs Sou Calibur.

that would be awesome :P

http://www.formspring.me/Shinsua Shinsua

Haha, and anybody else remember that Dynasty Warriors 1 is a 3D fighter? xD
As Soul Calibur elapses multiple continents, it would be sort of entertaining to see some of China’s greatest warriors raise from their grave~
And, hey, don’t we all want to see Lu Bu versus… well… versus Soul Calibur?

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IZ6WFF2UB3RPFCOHRMQVLZOEYM Devon

Amy <3 Love her.

I wonder what kind of new characters will come.

http://chronotwist.deviantart.com/ JustThisOne

Whoo hoo! The next generation. I want to see some Kilik babies. And maybe Voldo babies.

who cares about 26+ charas?
Just give the same cast, two-three story-related addition..
IF you really want guest charas, at that point, but I’d love them to pour more work-time into a fitting story-mode, a GOOD chronicle of the sword-like mode (no offense, SC4 tower felt stupid.. I’d always take soul blade 1′s chronicle of the sword mode over anything..) AND a decent rts-beu hybrid like in sc3 (that wasn’t TOTALLY bad, but it needed some improvement) preferably with some story-injection :)
I know I’m asking a lot, but heck dreaming is the only cheap thing nowdays..

PLUS..
1) polish the netcode, dieing for “not-even-blockable-due-to-lag low hits” that gets you ring-out was a bitch..
2) publish some update now and then to try and remove some infintie loop that are made possible via the laggy netcode… :/

http://twitter.com/Megawarrior345 Elle

I think half the cast should be removed and keep the one’s that people care about and remove the clones.

http://www.formspring.me/Shinsua Shinsua

Until this game is released, I won’t remember the main character’s name, and thusly will be calling him Pierogies.

http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/HAEBCODVH3BGFIHE47BKNDXD2I Jonathan

I might call him Patten Oswald. . . just because

http://www.youtube.com/B4ULoveShine Tim_at_where

I’m expecting Yoshimitsu, Cervantes, Raphael, and Amy to return, given the latter 3′s immortal states and the prior’s succession line, respectively.

http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/HAEBCODVH3BGFIHE47BKNDXD2I Jonathan

I always thought Dragon Quest characters would fit the SC universe, like the Female MC from DQIV.

Though honestly, most guest characters tend not to fit in all that well, so I say just stick with fantasy ones, like samurai, knight, and martial artist characters from other franchises. Link worked well, since his whole fighting style was very based around fantasy sword fighting, and while Heihachi didn’t fit all that well, a bare-fist using character would be cool.

Personally, I’m more interested in character creation, really. I hope they bring back unique weapons for your own character, as apposed to that laziness in SCIV.

I hope an African woman makes it into the game. Giving her tribal characteristics or heritage, I believe would fit perfectly into the SC universe. Also, instead of large breasts, prominent hips, thighs, and buttocks would be a better choice for her to contrast the main sex appeal of the game…

Just a suggestion. :D

I hear FF characters may make into the game. Let’s hope it makes since with the time period this time with their choices… Who am I kidding… Cloud and Sephiroth are most likely going to show up… :|

I wonder what older characters will be present. So anxious DX

I’m done now…

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